AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7-9700K

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Intel Core i7-9700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2018
Intel Core i7-9700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    115%
  • Intel Core i7-9700K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-9700K
    106%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    136%
  • Intel Core i7-9700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 36% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-9700K

6% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i7-9700K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i7-9700K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsCoffee Lake
Release DateDec 2019vsSep 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i7-9700K
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsUHD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i7-9700K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i7-9700K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA14C
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i7-9700K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs4900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    4928 points
  • Intel Core i7-9700K
    5880 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    39352 points
  • Intel Core i7-9700K
    34560 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    2101
  • Intel Core i7-9700K
    1542

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    199
  • Intel Core i7-9700K
    212

points - higher is better